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Haiti and Other Acts of God

// January 19th, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Christian Living

The world stood agast this week as a massive earthquake shook the tiny country of Haiti down to rubble.  The death toll rises daily, unrelentingly reminding the world of its own frail mortality.  As of the writing of this article, the EU reports an estimated 200,000 people dead and over 1.5 million rendered homeless.  This [...]

Didn’t Enjoy a Christian Movie? Permission Granted.

// January 11th, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Christian Living, Movies

I have a staggering confession to make.  I didn’t enjoy the movie Fireproof.  I wasn’t entertained or particularly moved by it.  I didn’t cry.  That’s saying a lot because I recently got misty-eyed at the end of a re-run episode of Full House.  Kirk Cameron didn’t revolutionize my marriage or inspire me to become a fire chief [...]

Robbing God of Our Weakness

// January 3rd, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Christian Living

When Jesus began his ministry, and throughout his 3 years of public ministry, he performed many miracles.  Luke 4:31-44, I believe, relveals something interesting about WHY he performed those miracles.  Yes, he was certainly motivated by compassion for those he healed.  But in Luke we see Jesus leave a multitude of needy people so that [...]

God Is With Us

// December 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // Christian Living

Due to weather here in Kernersville, NC I didn’t get to preach my full Christmas message.  I had about 2 minutes.  I was considering how to distill everything down to one or two sentences.  How could I summarize the fall of man in the beginning, the frustration of mankind’s attempts to rescue himself and the [...]

Is Discipleship Renovation or Transformation?

// December 3rd, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Christian Living

I’ve been thinking through a sermon series on Discipleship that simply asks the question, “What is a disciple?” and “How do we become one?”.  As I look at examples of what a disciple is in Scripture and how they are made, it actually seems to be far simpler than we have made it out to [...]

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